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Word Processing I (MS Word) -- BCIS 1405
Course Description
This course is designed to teach basic word processing
techniques using Microsoft Word. Students will learn how to write and respond to business correspondence,
how to use desktop publishing features, how to format reports, and how
to create tables. Students will also learn how to use MSWord templates,
styles and mail merge. Students should already know how to touch keyboard. Following the completion of the course,
students will be able to use the MS Word application for personal and business
use.
Credit: 2 semester hours | Prerequisite: BCIS 1900 or Keyboarding I
Learning Objectives
After taking this course, students will be able to:
- Utilize a word processing application effectively and creatively for personal and
business use
- Demonstrate marketable skills for enhanced employment opportunities
- Design and produce word processing documents,
including editing, processing, storing and printing
- Save, rename, retrieve and duplicate word processing
documents and files
- Proofread word processing documents, spotting
and correcting grammatical and typing errors before submission
- Create well-balanced
and attractive pages that will be easily read by the intended audience
- Add graphics to word processing documents and set the text to flow evenly and attractively around the graphics
- Attach word processing files to e-mails
- Demonstrate the use of MS Word report styles
- Align a page horizontally and vertically and explain
when it is appropriate to use these special features
- Copy information from the Internet into a word
processing document and edit
- Follow oral and written instructions, and work under
pressure to complete assignments on time
Outcomes Assessment
Students must demonstrate skills and knowledge by actually
performing word processing functions through homework, assessments, class
participation, written examinations and computer exercises.
When students can perform the word processing procedures on their own
under pressure, and pass the tests, they will have learned the concepts.
Student Test
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